Frame-section of vehicle running-gear.



e. HIGLBY. FRAME SECTION OF VEHICLE RUNNING GEARS,

' APPLICATION P ILBD JULY 13, 1906. 91 1,240.- Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

minedded, h MW- frame section embodying the present in V transverse section.

UNITED. STATES HIGLEY,

or CLEVELAND, onionssIcNon ro' *ri in CLE ELAN HARDWARE PANY, OF OLEVELAND,OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

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No. 911,240. I

i 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, nice.

Application filed July 13, 1906; Serial No. 326,087.

Cleveland, in the county 'ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Frame-Sections of Vehicle Running-Gear, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. The object of the invention is to provide a strong and durable frame section for vehicle running gears; and saidinvention isan imrovement upon the construction which forms the subject matter of my pending ap lication NO. 316,068, filed May 10, 1906. n the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a metallic vention. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly broken away, of the engaging ends of one of the reach irons and theinember to be embraced by and secured to the same,this figure being forthe purpose of showing how said two parts are put together. Fig. '3 is a side view of the same partsafter they are fastened together; andFig. 4 is a transverse sectional view, either on line X or line Y of Fig. 1.

The frame includes a head block plate A having two integral rearwardly extending arms a, the two reach irons B, and the two reach heels (3. The reach irons are made of thin metal and of inverted U-shape in The front ends of these reach irons are cut off diagonally, inclining forward from the top down The rear ends of these irons are of similar shape, except that they incline rearwardly from the top down. g 3

The rear ends a of each of the arms A is reduced in diameter and is of such size and shape that it fits snugly within the front end of one of the reach irons. The rearwardly faced shoulder or, between the arm a and its reduced end a, is inclined forward from its top toward itsv bottom,the line of said inclination corresponding with the inclination of the front end of the corresponding reach iron. On top of the reduced end a is a rivet pin 01, which may be integral with the reduced end of the arm a or. may be permanently secured thereto. In the top of the reach iron is a hole bthrough which this.

rivet pin may be passed. These two parts are assembled by putting them in the rela tive position shown in Fig. 2, and then swinging the part B downward until the rivet pin a passes through the hole I); At this time the inclined shoulder a and the inclined front end of the reach iron will abut and engage with each other and will be firmly held in this position when the upper end of the rivet pin is upset, as shown in ig. 3. These two parts I) and a will preferably be brazed together, but the described construction and connection, including the inclined shoulder a and inclined front end of the reach iron,

together with the rivet pin a hold the parts firmly together, prevent all possibility of rattling and make a very strong and durable connection. The reach heels O are similarly provided with a forwardly extended reuced portion c,-there being between said reduced portion and the main body of said heel a rearwardly faced inclined shoulder c which corresponds in shape and inclination with the rear end of the reach iron. A rivet pin 0 is rigid with the reduced portion 0 of the reach heel,'and it passes through a hole in the reach iron and when u set firmly fastens said reach iron and reac heel together. As in the case of the connection between the front end of the reach iron and the arm a, the reach heel is referably additionally secured to the reach iron by brazing them together.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a frame section for a vehicle running gear, the combination of a reach iron made of thin metal of substantially the shape of an inverted U in cross section, and having its end beveled forward from top to bottom,

and having a hole through its top side, with apiece having a beveled shoulder which fits the beveled end of said reach iron, and having a reduced end which is fitted into the end of the reach iron, and a rivet pin which projects from said reduced end through the hole in the reach iron and is upset thereon.

2. In a framesection for a vehicle running gear, the combination of a head block plate having two rearwardly projecting arms, each of which has a rearwardly faced inclined shoulder, and, behind that, a reduced end which fits into the end of the reach iron and has an upwardly projecting rivet pin, with two reach irons each made of thin metal of inverted U-shape in cross section which is fitted upon the reduced part of one of said arms,'and has its front iend beveled to fit against said shoulder and has a hole through which said rivet pin passes,said rivet pin being upset upon said reach irons.

3. In a frame section for a vehicle running gear, the combination of two reach irons made of thin metal of substantially the shape of an inverted U in cross section, and having their ends beveled in opposite directions, and having holes through their tops near said ends, combined with a head block plate having two rearwardly extended arms each having a rearwardly faced inclined shoulder and a reduced end which fits into the end of one of said reach irons and has an upwardly extended rivet pin which passes through the hole in said reach iron and is upset thereon, and two reach heels each of which has a forwardly faced inclined shoulder and forwardly extended reduced portions which are fitted into the rear ends of said reach irons, and an upwardly extended rivet pin which passes through a hole in said reach iron and is upset thereon.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HIGLE Y Witnesses:

T. J. BLACK, H. R. SULLIVAN. 

